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  • 5:35 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 5:22 AM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:46
  • 4:41 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 4:17 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 4:13 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Ruth Ann Swenson: Con Amore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano

    2:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    6:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38
  • 3:56 AM

    Song without Words No. 22

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:21
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    34:51
  • 3:16 AM

    The Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up this little song?

    Gustav Mahler

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    1:51
  • 3:07 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    9:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:57 AM

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    1:26
  • 2:30 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:33
  • 2:10 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:25
  • 2:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Two-Part Inventions Nos. 1 and 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:39
  • 1:53 AM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Radu Lupu, piano

    5:42
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:36
  • 1:10 AM

    Fantasia No. 6

    Henry Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:40
  • 1:06 AM

    May Cause Dizziness

    Michael Kurth

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    3:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:41
  • 12:56 AM

    Cuban Dances: The Enchantress

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Davide Cabassi, piano

    1:36
  • 12:47 AM

    Hotel Berlin: Cafe Waltzes

    Franz Waxman

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:38 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Hubert Laws, flute

    8:26
  • 12:18 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 12:02 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 11:57 PM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:12
  • 11:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    20:57
  • 11:22 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:51
  • 11:17 PM

    Sol Levante

    Laura Masotto

    Scoring Berlin

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:47
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 9, 12, 13, & 40

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:05 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 10:58 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    5:18
  • 10:46 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:04
  • 10:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:17
  • 10:28 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    1:41
  • 10:23 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 10:18 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem and other choral music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:45
  • 10:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 12: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete String Quartets: Volume 3 The Late Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    6:48
  • 9:59 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:45 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    12:13
  • 9:41 PM

    The Nymph

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Vocalise: Russian Romances

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    3:31
  • 9:23 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 9:19 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 9:11 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:00 PM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 6:40 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    18:49
  • 6:24 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 6:09 PM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 6:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:16
  • 6:01 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    25:34
  • 5:16 PM

    The Deserted Garden

    Florence Price

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    2:15
  • 5:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    9:00
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    4:52
  • 4:51 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    6:50
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    25:50
  • 4:09 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Novelty Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:30
  • 4:01 PM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:51 PM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:50
  • 3:26 PM

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:46
  • 3:09 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 3:00 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:54 PM

    Mi Cosa

    Guitar on the Go

    Wes Montgomery, guitar

    3:00
  • 2:48 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Divertimento

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:17
  • 2:35 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    11:38
  • 2:31 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 2:23 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:18 PM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:59
  • 2:08 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 1:55 PM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio: 3rd movement

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    3:52
  • 1:47 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:41 PM

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    3:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Gnomentanz (Dance of the Gnomes)

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

    Wendy Warner, cello

    3:32
  • 1:32 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:30 PM

    Three Carpathian Dances

    Mykola Kolessa

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    5:53
  • 1:19 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 1:15 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    A Touch of Class

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:09
  • 1:11 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sextet and Septet

    Consortium Classicum

    3:18
  • 1:04 PM

    Rinaldo: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Music For Brass Septet 2

    Septura

    5:42
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:46 PM

    Henry V Suite: Touch her soft lips and part

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:12
  • 12:35 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:48
  • 12:31 PM

    Waltz No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:56
  • 12:24 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:19 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    3:49
  • 12:14 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    3:47
  • 12:09 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:14
  • 11:50 AM

    Piano Sonata: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Shai Wosner, piano

    8:25
  • 11:34 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 11:25 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:21 AM

    Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:29
  • 11:11 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:01
  • 11:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    4:18
  • 11:01 AM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    4:39
  • 10:45 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 10:27 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:18 AM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 9:29 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    29:08
  • 9:22 AM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 9:01 AM

    Plantation Melodies: Negro Lullaby

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:49
  • 8:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Changyong Shin

    Changyong Shin, piano

    21:07
  • 8:29 AM

    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    7:40
  • 8:16 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:44
  • 7:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    29:00
  • 7:23 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    15:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:26 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:41
  • 6:17 AM

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    8:10
  • 6:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:03
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41